main
Report a problem

Microsoft Preps IE7 Beta Refresh

Steven Parker   on 21 March 2006 - 07:27 · 9 comments & 3297 views

Advertisement (Why?)
On Monday at the Mix '06 conference in Las Vegas, Microsoft will issue a refreshed version of Internet Explorer (IE) 7 beta, which the company is describing as feature complete. The company will also discuss the next version of IE at the show, which will likely include features that didn't make it into IE 7, including a true download manager and more seamless inline Web page searching.

A Microsoft representative told me last week that the company would issue an update to IE 7 at the Mix '06 show, a conference aimed at Web developers. Also, IE developers discussed the release during a recent online chat. "The important thing about this release is that no further layout changes will be made for IE 7.0," Microsoft's Cyra Richardson noted. "[Mix '06] attendees will receive several items at the show that will allow them to better test IE compatibility. We will be striving to allow attendees to start testing with the layout complete version of IE 7."

Looking forward, Microsoft expects to ship subsequent IE versions far more quickly than before, with nothing like the gap between IE 6 and IE 7, according to the company. Microsoft will solicit feedback for future IE versions at Mix '06.

News source: Full Article @ Wininformant




Post a comment · Send to friend Comments · There are 9 additional comments
(1 reply) #1 on 01 Jan 1970 - 00:00
#1.1 Neobond on 21 Mar 2006 - 07:31
It means that when Vista and IE7 hit Beta 2 the UI (interface) will be frozen. I expect the interface to be very similar to the recently released public preview but I sure wish they would do something about those clunky buttons on XP!

Commenting has either been disabled on this article or you are not logged in. Click here to login or register, its free!

Note: Anonymous commenting is disabled in order to keep the quality of responses to a high standard.

Advertisement (Why?)